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SynthesisPloS one2014

Lack of association between cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) -1722T/C (rs733618) polymorphism and cancer risk: from a case-control study to a meta-analysis.

Weifeng Tang, Hao Qiu, Heping Jiang, Bin Sun, Lixin Wang, Jun Yin, Haiyong Gu

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Synthesis in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Weifeng TangDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Hao QiuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Heping JiangDepartment of Respiratory Disease, Affiliated Jintan People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, Jintan, China.
Bin SunDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Lixin WangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Jun YinDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Haiyong GuDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Jiangsu University · CNSoutheast University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe association between cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) gene -1722T/C polymorphism (rs733618) and cancer has been widely assessed, and a definitive conclusion remains elusive. We first performed a hospital based case-control study to measure this association of esophageal cancer with CTLA-4 -1722T/C polymorphism in Han Chinese population, and then carried out a meta-analysis to obtain a comprehensive evaluation for this issue. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsThis case-control study involved 629 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) cases and 686 age and gender well matched cancer-free controls. PCR-LDR (polymerase chain reaction-ligase detection reactions) method was used to identify genotypes. Meta-analysis was conducted by STATA (v12.0) software. This case-control study showed no significant difference in the genotype and allele distributions of CTLA-4 -1722T/C polymorphism between esophageal cancer cases and control subjects, in accord with the findings of the further meta-analysis in all genetic models. Evidence of large heterogeneity was observed among all eligible studies in the recessive model. Further subgroup analyses by ethnicity, cancer type and system, detected null associations in this meta-analysis.

conclusionThis case-control study and the further meta-analysis, failed to identify the association between CTLA-4 -1722T/C polymorphism and cancer risk.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseasePolymorphism, Single NucleotideAgedAllelesCarcinoma, Squamous CellCase-Control StudiesCTLA-4 AntigenEsophageal NeoplasmsFemaleGene FrequencyGenetic Association StudiesGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedCTLA-4 Antigen

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PMID24710335
PMCPMC3978075
OpenAlexW2081667447

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